This is the Los Angeles Rare Bird Alert for September 26, 2025.
The PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER along lower Ballona Creek was reported through September 25. Check for it with the flock of Black-bellied Plovers along the creek or on the salt pan. This area is upstream from the Pacific Ave. bridge.
Up to two RED KNOTS were on the beach at Playa del Rey from September 21-25. Two DUNLIN were with them on September 24.
Up to three COMMON TERNS were at the Ballona Creek mouth in Playa del Rey from September 19-23.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continued at Dockeiler State Beach in El Segundo through September 24 around Lifeguard Tower 51 to 54.
An AMERICAN BITTERN continued at the Piute Ponds through September 22.
WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERS were at St. Andrew’s Abbey in Valyermo on September 21 and in Juniper Hills on September 22.
A TROPICAL KINGBIRD was at Alta Vecente Reserve in Rancho Palos Verdes on September 20.
An EASTERN PHOEBE was at South Weddington Park in Studio City on September 24.
A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was at Holmby Park in West Los Angeles on September 21. Others were at the Piute Ponds on Edwards AFB on September 22 and at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood (by the gazebo) on September 19.
An OVENBIRD was on San Clemente Island on September 23.
A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was at St. Andrew’s Abbey in Valyermo (along Pallet Creek) on September 21.
A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was along the Arroyo Seco at Upper Arroyo Park (just below the 210 Freeway) in Pasadena on September 25
A TENNESSEE WARBLER was at Arcadia County Park from September 21-22 in sycamores by the northwest corner.
Another TENNESSEE WARBLER was at Creek Park in La Mirada on September 23 south of Imperial Highway.
One more TENNESSEE WARBLER and a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK were on Santa Catalina Island (Avalon area) on September 21.
A SUMMER TANAGER was at the West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail in Lakewood on September 24 just above Carson Street.
A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was in Signal Hill (North Side Trails) on September 21.
Two INDIGO BUNTINGS were along the San Gabriel River just above the Whittier Narrows Dam on September 21.
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Jon L Fisher
Glendale, CA
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